Spink Township, Union County, South Dakota

Township in South Dakota, United States

Spink Township

Township

Street in Spink

Spink Township

Location within the state of South Dakota

Coordinates: 42°51′07″N 96°44′49″W﻿ / ﻿42.85194°N 96.74694°W﻿ / 42.85194; -96.74694
Country| United States
State| South Dakota
County| Union
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 245
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)

Spink Township is a township in Union County, South Dakota, United States. Its population was 245 at the 2000 census.[1]

Located in western Union County, Spink Township borders the following other townships:[2]

* Emmet Township — north
* Big Springs Township — northeastern corner
* Sioux Valley Township — east
* Richland Township — southeastern corner
* Brule Township — south
* Fairview Township, Clay County — southwestern corner
* Prairie Center Township, Clay County — west
* Garfield Township, Clay County — northwestern corner

A community, also named Spink, was established in the township in 1871. At its peak, the community was strong enough to compete for the title of county seat.[3]

Toward the end of the 20th century only a few business remained in the community of Spink. The Spink Cafe was the center of life in the township and was still a place where farmers would gather. Gary's Repair was a place where people could get the truck or tractor a little work and the old Co-Op that went by the name of Spink Oil was the town's gas station. Spink Oil closed in 1997 and the Spink Cafe was destroyed in a fire in 2019. Today a few homes remain, along with storage facilities for the Union County Dept. of Transportation and a Valley Ag plant and distributor.

A proposed refinery by Hyperion Refining, LLC is now working to build the nation's first new oil refinery in years in the United States, this proposed refinery has created a large split in the corn and bean farmers of Union County. A few family farms were given money for options on the land that makes up the family farms that have been a part of the county since the late 19th century. This split lead to the formation of the save union county group and attracted a lot of media attention.

## References

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1. ^ "Subcounty population estimates: South Dakota 2000-2007" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 18, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
2. ^ Official map by the United States Census Bureau; Union County listed on page 7
3. ^ Spink Settlement, Union County Historical Society. Accessed July 27, 2009.

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Municipalities and communities of Union County, South Dakota, United States

County seat: Elk Point

Cities|

* Alcester
* Beresford‡
* Elk Point
* Jefferson
* North Sioux City

Townships|

* Alcester
* Big Sioux
* Big Springs
* Brule
* Civil Bend
* Elk Point
* Emmet
* Jefferson
* Prairie
* Richland
* Sioux Valley
* Spink
* Virginia

CDPs|

* Dakota Dunes
* Richland

Other
communities|

* Alsen
* Emmet
* Spink

Ghost town|

* Stevens

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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